Matthew Hayden hails 'incredibly skilful' David Warner

Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden has said that India Test skipper Virat Kohli and Australia's vice-captain David Warner are very similar in personality.

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"They are exactly the same personality — a different brother from a different mother (laughs). Warner's very animated, passionate, so determined, incredibly skilful and is obviously more powerful than Virat (Kohli).

"That is the way they go about their business," Hayden said on the sidelines of the Ceat cricket awards at a city hotel yesterday. Warner led Sunrisers Hyderabad to a maiden Indian Premier League title by beating Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight runs in the final on Sunday.